UFC 136 took place at Houston’s Toyota Center. The night’s main card aired
on pay-per-view, and Facebook and Spike TV carried portions of the
preliminary card.

Edgar earned his award by rallying from a 10-8 deficit in the night’s main event. The UFC lightweight champion rallied back to win the next two rounds and then scored a TKO victory in the fourth. The come-from-behind win resulted in his second successful title defense, and it avenged the only loss (and draw) of his career, which both came to Maynard.

Lauzon picked up his bonus with a shocking 47-second victory over 4-to-1 favorite and top lightweight contender Melvin Guillard. Lauzon cracked the striker with a quick left, followed him to the mat, and got the tap-out from the rear-naked choke.

In a long-awaited rematch, Phan and Garcia put on a barnburner. But unlike the first meeting, Phan wasn’t stuck with a bum decision. Thanks to his crisp striking and solid head and footwork, he scored a unanimous-decision victory via 29-28 scores across the board. The crowd-pleasing fight brought the Toyota Center crowd to its feet.

A total of 26 fighters got their chance to shine on Saturday as part of UFC 190 at Rio de Janeiro’s HSBC Arena. Now that UFC 190 is in the books, it’s time to commence MMAjunkie’s “Three Stars” ceremony.

The man known for cranking submissions to the point of injury added eye-gouging to his repertoire. But is the controversy of Rousimar Palhares too essential to his bizarre, awful appeal for his employers to take any meaningful action against him?